diff --git a/docs/configuration/system.md b/docs/configuration/system.md
index a1e0ebb17..ed588ccf3 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/system.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/system.md
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ The dotted path to the desired search backend class. `CachedValueSearchBackend`
 
 Default: None (local storage)
 
-The backend storage engine for handling uploaded files (e.g. image attachments). NetBox supports integration with the [`django-storages`](https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) package, which provides backends for several popular file storage services. If not configured, local filesystem storage will be used.
+The backend storage engine for handling uploaded files (e.g. image attachments). NetBox supports integration with the [`django-storages`](https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) and [`django-storage-swift`](https://github.com/dennisv/django-storage-swift) packages, which provides backends for several popular file storage services. If not configured, local filesystem storage will be used.
 
 The configuration parameters for the specified storage backend are defined under the `STORAGE_CONFIG` setting.
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ The configuration parameters for the specified storage backend are defined under
 
 Default: Empty
 
-A dictionary of configuration parameters for the storage backend configured as `STORAGE_BACKEND`. The specific parameters to be used here are specific to each backend; see the [`django-storages` documentation](https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) for more detail.
+A dictionary of configuration parameters for the storage backend configured as `STORAGE_BACKEND`. The specific parameters to be used here are specific to each backend; see the [`django-storages` documentation](https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) or [`django-storage-swift` documentation](https://github.com/dennisv/django-storage-swift) for more detail.
 
 If `STORAGE_BACKEND` is not defined, this setting will be ignored.
 
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/configuration_example.py b/netbox/netbox/configuration_example.py
index 84ead5339..5e1815930 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/configuration_example.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/configuration_example.py
@@ -230,6 +230,17 @@ SESSION_FILE_PATH = None
 #     'AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME': 'netbox',
 #     'AWS_S3_REGION_NAME': 'eu-west-1',
 # }
+# Swift is also supported as storage backend, for example:
+# STORAGE_BACKEND = 'swift.storage.SwiftStorage'
+# STORAGE_CONFIG = {
+#     'SWIFT_AUTH_URL': 'https://swift.netbox.dev/auth/v1.0',
+#     'SWIFT_USERNAME': 'netbox',
+#     'SWIFT_PASSWORD': 'Secret',
+#     'SWIFT_CONTAINER_NAME': 'netbox',
+#     'SWIFT_USE_TEMP_URLS': True,
+#     'SWIFT_TEMP_URL_KEY': 'Secret',
+#     'SWIFT_BASE_URL': 'https://demo.netbox.dev/',
+# }
 
 # Time zone (default: UTC)
 TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index 3a8e51e05..b99b43e66 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ DATABASES = {
 if STORAGE_BACKEND is not None:
     DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = STORAGE_BACKEND
 
+    def _setting(name, default=None):
+        if name in STORAGE_CONFIG:
+            return STORAGE_CONFIG[name]
+        return globals().get(name, default)
+
     # django-storages
     if STORAGE_BACKEND.startswith('storages.'):
         try:
@@ -219,12 +224,24 @@ if STORAGE_BACKEND is not None:
             raise e
 
         # Monkey-patch django-storages to fetch settings from STORAGE_CONFIG
-        def _setting(name, default=None):
-            if name in STORAGE_CONFIG:
-                return STORAGE_CONFIG[name]
-            return globals().get(name, default)
         storages.utils.setting = _setting
 
+    elif STORAGE_BACKEND == 'swift.storage.SwiftStorage':
+
+        try:
+            import swift.utils  # type: ignore
+        except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
+            if getattr(e, 'name') == 'swift':
+                raise ImproperlyConfigured(
+                    f"STORAGE_BACKEND is set to {STORAGE_BACKEND} but django-storage-swift is not present. "
+                    "It can be installed by running 'pip install django-storage-swift'."
+                )
+            raise e
+
+        # Monkey-patch django-storage-swift to fetch settings from STORAGE_CONFIG
+        swift.utils.setting = _setting
+
+
 if STORAGE_CONFIG and STORAGE_BACKEND is None:
     warnings.warn(
         "STORAGE_CONFIG has been set in configuration.py but STORAGE_BACKEND is not defined. STORAGE_CONFIG will be "